Agüero, close to signing for Barça until June 2023

As AS learned, Joan Laporta has an agreement with Sergio Agüero for Kun to wear the Barça shirt until June 2023. Agüero, who would arrive for free from Manchester City how will Èric García, is very close to Barça. However, the contract is not signed because as of today, and although the president-elect is already Laporta, Carles Tusquets remains in charge of the Manager until the new president takes office. Over the operation flutters the name of Arturo Canales, who already participated in the signing of Omen for him Athletic. However, it is the Argentine Hernan Reguera who has moved the player for months and who offered him to the three nominations (Laporta, Font, Freixa).

It is impossible not to interpret the close signing of Agüero with the renewal of Messi. There is even the possibility that it is conditioned to it and that, to finish sealing, depend on the yes of the six-time Ballon d'Or. Agüero already saw himself at Barça in 2014. Then, Zubizarreta made a successful key strategic decision for the future and he opted for Luis Suárez despite his episode with Chiellini at the World Cup in Brazil. Fate may give Kun a second chance at being Barça.

The signing of Omen would in no case leave out of the equation Erling haaland, the cornerstone on which Laporta wants to build the project for the 2021-22 season. Agüero will arrive at Barça to fulfill a role similar to that of Koeman's current assistant, Henrik Larsson, between 2004 and 2006. A player who can unblock games. It would mean raising a notch in quality compared to the Danish Braithwaite.

The return of Laporta has awakened so much illusion that even a winery (Can Virgili) has launched a limited edition Gran Reserva cava (El Cigalero) to celebrate its return. The Laporta-cava equation has always sounded successful at Can Barça. But not everything will be easy for Laporta, who was lukewarm with Koeman during the campaign (“the results and the game will mark its continuity”) and now he turns more to Agüero than to Depay, the technician's weakness, who has been asking for patience from Memphis (contract ends in Lyon) and now he sees that the Kun passes in front of him. That episode and Nagelsmann noise can put Laporta in quicksand with Koeman. You have the option to clear doubts soon. His first appearance is expected in a week.